Snake Oil

Maybe I misunderstood you, maybe I was wrong
Maybe I've been listening
For the singer not the song
Swallowed down my medicine
And looked the other way
In celebration or escape, I drank it down either way

You call it sweet surrender
But it's bitter on the tongue
And I ain't no great pretender
When I get myself undone

Sipping on quicksilver
Selling me snake oil boy
Sucking on sweet sugar
Selling me snake oil boy
(Oh snake oil boy, oh snake oil boy)

Maybe I misunderstood you, maybe I was wrong
Maybe I've been the hunter
Playing the victim all along
Maybe I misunderstood surrender for giving in
Maybe I should have been looking for
A different song to sing

You call it sweet surrender
But it's bitter on the tongue
And I ain't no great pretender
When I get myself undone

Sipping on quicksilver
Selling me snake oil boy
Sucking on sweet sugar
Selling me snake oil boy

Maybe I misunderstood you snake oil boy
Maybe I misunderstood you snake oil boy

Maybe I've been lazy and
Maybe I've been lied to
Maybe it just happened to me
And maybe I was trying to

Looking for reactions
Thinking I could do no wrong
Maybe I don't know why I still try to follow on
Or maybe I don't want to know

Sipping on quicksilver
Selling me snake oil boy
Sucking on sweet sugar
Selling me snake oil boy

Sipping on quicksilver
Selling me snake oil boy
Sucking on sweet sugar
Selling me snake oil boy

Sipping on quicksilver
Selling me snake oil boy
Sucking on sweet sugar
Selling me snake oil boy



Credits
Writer(s): Guy Connelly, Nic Nell, Che Albrighton
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